Vlastimil Menčík (@st_patriick) v prezentaci s názvem "Scala v (naší) praxi" vypráví o zhruba ročních zkušenostech se Scalou a projektech, kde se používá. Více info: www.etnetera.cz | http://dev.etnetera.cz/scala

1. Scala from the Trenches
Vlastimil Menčík | Etnetera

2. Our “typical” project
 E-commerce website (eshop, online betting, classifieds, …)
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Datart, Fortuna, Annonce, …
 Corporate or governmental website/portal
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o2.cz, mzv.cz, eagri.cz, …
 Backend web application
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Often a counterpart for a frontend like the ones above
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3. Tools of the Trade
 Enterprise Java ecosystem
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Java EE
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Spring
 Our own tools
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TFS (templating system)
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Tangle (web framework)
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jNetPublish (CMS)
 And now Scala
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4. Scala Tools we have adopted
SBT
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5. Our Scala projects
 E-commerce website
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Play, MongoDB, Redis
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scheduled to launch in early 2014
 Backend providing REST API for a corporate website
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Play
 Backend web application
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Play
 twinstone.org
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6. Pros
&
 Superior language to Java
 Java interoperability
 Typesafe Reactive Platform
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Play + Akka
non-blocking by default
Cons
 IDE
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Eclipse for Java > Eclipse for Scala
IntelliJ has superior Scala support
 Hiring
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Very few professional Scala devs
Hint: hire Java devs
 Highly motivated
developers
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7. Recommendations
 Take small steps
 Avoid advanced stuff (Scalaz, macros)
 Don’t reinvent the Wheel, use existing Java libraries
 Adopt common coding style, do code reviews
 Take Martin Odersky’s Coursera courses
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8. Q&A
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